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12 signs Dublin has completely lost the run of itself

Again.

OUR CAPITAL CITY, eh? It’s quite something.

1. Two packets of crisps = a fiver

Source: Mike Hogan

2. This bedsit where you sleep on top of the toilet? €800 a month.

Source: daf

Source: daft.ie

3. And you can literally buy a castle in the country for less than the price of a two-bedroom flat

Castle with Great Hall, musicians’ gallery, two acres of land and three extra cottages:

Source: premierpropertiesireland.com

Two-bedroom apartment in Donnybrook:

Source: daft.ie

4. This is how much pepper apparently costs in Tesco

5. In fact, supermarkets seem to be attracting customers by INCREASING their prices

6. We’re literally queuing up to buy expensive coffee in tiny round capsules. The Nespresso Queue is a thing.

7. Even croissants aren’t posh enough anymore. Only cronuts will do.

Source: Molly Elliott/DailyEdge.ie

They’re everywhere. In Centra!

8. This is what crisps are like now

Source: Facebook

God be with Perri Cheese and Onion.

9. And hipster food is everywhere. Even in Abrakebabra.

10. To park your car, you need a significant annual income

11. In fact, even dying is well expensive

Source: Sam Boal

Source: Irish Times

12. Ah, Dublin.

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Michael Freeman

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